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RESEARCH FOR THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY FEB. 11
Feb. 11th/1987. Mike Shinoda guitarist and vocalist for LINKIN PARK was born
Feb. 12th/1970. Jim Creegan,bass player for BARENAKED LADIES was born
Feb. 13th/1952. Ed Gargliardi bass for FOREIGNIER was born
Feb. 14th/1945. Vic Briggs guitarist for THE ANIMALS was born
Feb. 15th/1976. Ronnie Vannucci Jr. drummer for THE KILLERS was born
Jimi Hendrix
Early in 1966 at the Cheetah Club on West 21st Street, Linda Keith, the girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, befriended Hendrix and recommended him to Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and producer Seymour Stein. Neither man took a liking to Hendrix's music, however, and they both passed. She then referred him to Chas Chandler, who was ending his tenure as bassist in The Animals and looking for talent to manage and produce. Chandler was enamored with the song "Hey Joe" and was convinced that he could create a hit single by remaking it into a rock song.
Impressed with Hendrix's version, Chandler brought him to London and signed him to a management and production contract with himself and ex-Animals manager Michael Jeffery. Chandler then helped Hendrix form a new band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, with guitarist-turned-bassistNoel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, both English musicians. Shortly before the Experience was formed, Chandler introduced Hendrix to Pete Townshend and to Eric Clapton, who had only recently formed Cream. At Chandler's request, Cream let Hendrix join them on stage for a jam on the song Killing Floor. Hendrix and Clapton remained friends up until Hendrix's death.
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Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
RESEARCH FOR THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY FEB. 11
Feb. 11th/1987. Mike Shinoda guitarist and vocalist for LINKIN PARK was born
Feb. 12th/1970. Jim Creegan,bass player for BARENAKED LADIES was born
Feb. 13th/1952. Ed Gargliardi bass for FOREIGNIER was born
Feb. 14th/1945. Vic Briggs guitarist for THE ANIMALS was born
Feb. 15th/1976. Ronnie Vannucci Jr. drummer for THE KILLERS was born
Jimi Hendrix
Early in 1966 at the Cheetah Club on West 21st Street, Linda Keith, the girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, befriended Hendrix and recommended him to Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and producer Seymour Stein. Neither man took a liking to Hendrix's music, however, and they both passed. She then referred him to Chas Chandler, who was ending his tenure as bassist in The Animals and looking for talent to manage and produce. Chandler was enamored with the song "Hey Joe" and was convinced that he could create a hit single by remaking it into a rock song.
Impressed with Hendrix's version, Chandler brought him to London and signed him to a management and production contract with himself and ex-Animals manager Michael Jeffery. Chandler then helped Hendrix form a new band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, with guitarist-turned-bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, both English musicians. Shortly before the Experience was formed, Chandler introduced Hendrix to Pete Townshend and to Eric Clapton, who had only recently formed Cream. At Chandler's request, Cream let Hendrix join them on stage for a jam on the song Killing Floor. Hendrix and Clapton remained friends up until Hendrix's death.